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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0240 Introduced , by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 520 ILCS 5/2.26 | from Ch. 61, par. 2.26 |
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a person with a valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, or an off-duty law enforcement official or officer, may carry a handgun on or about his or her person while hunting. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 2.26 as follows:
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| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2.26. Deer hunting permits. Any person attempting to |
| 8 | | take deer shall first obtain a "Deer
Hunting Permit" issued by |
| 9 | | the Department in accordance with its administrative rules.
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| 10 | | Those rules must provide for the issuance of the following |
| 11 | | types of resident deer archery permits: (i) a combination |
| 12 | | permit, consisting of one either-sex permit and one |
| 13 | | antlerless-only permit, (ii) a single antlerless-only permit, |
| 14 | | and (iii) a single either-sex permit. The fee for a Deer |
| 15 | | Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and arrow or gun
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| 16 | | shall not exceed $25.00 for residents of the State. The |
| 17 | | Department may by
administrative rule provide for non-resident |
| 18 | | deer hunting permits for which the
fee will not exceed $300 in |
| 19 | | 2005, $350 in 2006, and $400 in 2007 and thereafter except as |
| 20 | | provided below for non-resident landowners
and non-resident |
| 21 | | archery hunters. The Department may by
administrative rule |
| 22 | | provide for a non-resident archery deer permit consisting
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| 23 | | not more than 2 harvest tags at a total cost not to exceed $325 |
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| 1 | | in 2005, $375 in 2006, and $425 in 2007 and thereafter.
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| 2 | | fees for a youth resident and non-resident archery deer permit |
| 3 | | shall be the same.
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| 4 | | The standards and specifications for use of guns and bow |
| 5 | | and arrow for
deer hunting shall be established by |
| 6 | | administrative rule.
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| 7 | | No person may have in his or her possession any firearm not |
| 8 | | authorized by
administrative rule for a specific hunting season |
| 9 | | when taking deer. However, a person with a valid concealed |
| 10 | | carry license issued under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, or |
| 11 | | an off-duty law enforcement official or officer, may carry a |
| 12 | | handgun on or about his or her person while hunting.
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| 13 | | Persons having a firearm deer hunting permit shall be |
| 14 | | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour |
| 15 | | before sunrise to
1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those |
| 16 | | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of |
| 17 | | deer by use of shotgun, handgun, or muzzle
loading
rifle.
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| 18 | | Persons having an archery deer hunting permit shall be |
| 19 | | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour |
| 20 | | before sunrise to 1/2 hour
after sunset, and only during those |
| 21 | | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of |
| 22 | | deer by use of bow and arrow.
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| 23 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer by use of |
| 24 | | dogs,
horses, automobiles, aircraft or other vehicles, or by |
| 25 | | the use
or aid of bait or baiting of any kind. For the purposes |
| 26 | | of this Section, "bait" means any material, whether liquid or |
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| 1 | | solid, including food, salt, minerals, and other products, |
| 2 | | except pure water, that can be ingested, placed, or scattered |
| 3 | | in such a manner as to attract or lure white-tailed deer. |
| 4 | | "Baiting" means the placement or scattering of bait to attract |
| 5 | | deer. An area is considered as baited during the presence
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| 6 | | and for 10 consecutive days following the removal of bait. |
| 7 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the use of a dog to |
| 8 | | track wounded deer. Any person using a dog for tracking wounded |
| 9 | | deer must maintain physical control of the dog at all times by |
| 10 | | means of a maximum 50 foot lead attached to the dog's collar or |
| 11 | | harness. Tracking wounded deer is permissible at night, but at |
| 12 | | no time outside of legal deer hunting hours or seasons shall |
| 13 | | any person handling or accompanying a dog being used for |
| 14 | | tracking wounded deer be in possession of any firearm or |
| 15 | | archery device. Persons tracking wounded deer with a dog during |
| 16 | | the firearm deer seasons shall wear blaze orange or solid blaze |
| 17 | | pink color as required. Dog handlers tracking wounded deer with |
| 18 | | a dog are exempt from hunting license and deer permit |
| 19 | | requirements so long as they are accompanied by the licensed |
| 20 | | deer hunter who wounded the deer.
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| 21 | | It shall be unlawful to possess or transport any wild deer |
| 22 | | which has
been injured or killed in any manner upon a public |
| 23 | | highway or public
right-of-way of this State unless exempted by |
| 24 | | administrative rule.
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| 25 | | Persons hunting deer must have gun unloaded and no bow and |
| 26 | | arrow
device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked |
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| 1 | | position during
hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
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| 2 | | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal |
| 3 | | limit of
deer by gun, to further participate with gun in any |
| 4 | | deer hunting party.
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| 5 | | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal |
| 6 | | limit
of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate with bow |
| 7 | | and arrow in any
deer hunting party.
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| 8 | | The Department may prohibit upland game hunting during the |
| 9 | | gun deer
season by administrative rule.
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| 10 | | The Department shall not limit the number of non-resident, |
| 11 | | either-sex archery deer hunting permits to less than 20,000.
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| 12 | | Any person who violates any of the provisions of this |
| 13 | | Section,
including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a |
| 14 | | Class B misdemeanor.
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| 15 | | For the purposes of calculating acreage under this Section, |
| 16 | | the Department shall, after determining the total acreage of |
| 17 | | the applicable tract or tracts of land, round remaining |
| 18 | | fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal to half of |
| 19 | | an acre up to the next whole acre. |
| 20 | | For the purposes of taking white-tailed deer, nothing in |
| 21 | | this Section shall be construed to prevent the manipulation, |
| 22 | | including mowing or cutting, of standing crops as a normal |
| 23 | | agricultural or soil stabilization practice, food plots, or |
| 24 | | normal agricultural practices, including planting, harvesting, |
| 25 | | and maintenance such as cultivating or the use of products |
| 26 | | designed for scent only and not capable of ingestion, solid or |
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| 1 | | liquid, placed or scattered, in such a manner as to attract or |
| 2 | | lure deer. Such manipulation for the purpose of taking |
| 3 | | white-tailed deer may be further modified by administrative |
| 4 | | rule. |
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-869, eff. 1-1-17; |
| 6 | | 100-691, eff. 1-1-19; 100-949, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-9-18.)
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| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 8 | | becoming law.
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